Three injured in Cass County crash
CASS COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office said three people were injured after a crash Saturday night.
According to 24-Hour News 8 sister station, WLFI,deputies said the single-vehicle crash happened around 10:30 p.m. Saturday on County Road 300 North, near County Road 825 East.
Cass County Sheriff’s Dep. John O’Connor said 19-year-old Sierra Earl, of Amboy, Indiana, was driving west at a high rate of speed when the crash happened. He said Earl lost control of the car as she was rounding a curve. Earl then went off the road into a wooded area, and hit a tree.
O’Connor says the car came to a stop about 150 feet later.
Earl was taken to Logansport Memorial Hospital, along with two other passengers – 18-year-old Joseph Howard, of Peru, Indiana, and 18-year-old Bethany Krieg, of Converse, Indiana. All three were treated for minor injuries.
O’Connor says drugs are thought to be a factor, but said he’s awaiting results from a toxicology report.
The crash remains under investigation.